A Conserved Family of ER Proteins NLF Regulate the Na+ Leak Channel NCA/NALCN in Caenorhabditis elegans and Mus musculus

Neuronal excitability is controlled by multiple ion channels at the plasma membrane of neurons. Recently, the Na+ leak channel, NCA in C. elegans and NALCN in M. Musculus, has been identified as the molecular entity responsible for the background Na+ leak at rest in neurons. In this thesis, I show t...

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Main Author: Alcaire, Salvador
Other Authors: Zhen, Mei
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42662